Category Archives: Art

New Traditional Architecture 2: Right Wing Conspiracies and Leftist Divisiveness

Posted on April 22, 2022 by Montacute Pavilion

An article in the Art Newspaper by Robert Bevan on 7 January 2022 (‘The ugly pursuit of beauty: how traditional architecture has become a battleground for right-wing politicians’) comes out firing on all barrels against New Traditional Architecture as a … Continue reading →

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The New National Gallery of Victoria Contemporary Design and New Traditional Architecture

Posted on March 25, 2022 by Montacute Pavilion

The design of the new National Gallery of Victoria Contemporary art gallery has just been announced (Fig. 1). The architects are Angelo Candalepas and Associates. The new building is in addition to the building build by Roy Grounds in 1968, … Continue reading →

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On Historical Chinoiserie and the Repertory of Oiserie

Posted on April 19, 2021 by Montacute Pavilion

The challenge of Oiserie is that there are no rules: it is a field for invention. But its starting point is seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Chinoiserie. Compared to Rococo, there are many more components in Chinoiserie. The Rococo relies on a … Continue reading →

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Fabriques in Paintings 1: Sebastian Vrancx. Part C. The Figures.

Posted on April 13, 2021 by Montacute Pavilion

This series of posts (A-C) discusses depictions of small buildings that I feel inclined to appropriate to the category of fabriques. Images by the author unless otherwise stated. Sebastian Vrancx’s An Elegant Company Dining Outdoors, c. 1610–1620 in the Museum … Continue reading →

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Fabriques in Paintings 1: Sebastian Vrancx. Part B. The Setting and Architecture

Posted on April 13, 2021 by Montacute Pavilion

This series of posts (A-C) discusses depictions of small buildings that I feel inclined to appropriate to the category of fabriques. They work outwards from the fabrique to the image as a whole, as required. Images by the author unless … Continue reading →

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Fabriques in Paintings 1: Sebastian Vrancx. Part A. The Trelliswork Fabrique on the Terrace

Posted on April 13, 2021 by Montacute Pavilion

This series of posts (A-C) discusses depictions of small buildings that I feel inclined to appropriate to the category of fabriques. They work outwards from the fabrique to the image as a whole, as required. Images by the author unless … Continue reading →

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Jemima Grey’s Chinoiserie Fabrique at Wrest Park. Part 4. The Chinese Bridges

Posted on July 19, 2019 by Montacute Pavilion

There was also, it seems, a Chinese bridge that went with the ‘house’ or temple. I can’t seem to find any primary sources for this. This is long gone. There is today a Chinese bridge nearby made of brick and … Continue reading →

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Jemima Grey’s Chinoiserie Fabrique at Wrest Park. Part 3. Chinese Elements, Function, Typology and Sources

Posted on July 18, 2019 by Montacute Pavilion

Chinese Elements There is not much Chinese about the fabrique. It has a dragon on the pinnacle, which was easy to miss in 2013 (Fig. 4), but must be much more conspicuous now that it has been gilded (Fig. 13). … Continue reading →

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Jemima Grey’s Chinoiserie Fabrique at Wrest Park, Part 1. History

Posted on July 18, 2019 by Montacute Pavilion

Wrest Park has an interesting Chinoiserie fabrique (Fig. 1) which is of interest because it has recently been restored (not for the first time) which allows us to come to grips with the structure. I examined it in June 2013 … Continue reading →

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On Recent Proposals for Rebuilding the Roof and Spire of Notre Dame

Posted on May 12, 2019 by Montacute Pavilion

Within a month of the destruction by fire of the roof and flèche (crossing spire) of Notre Dame in Paris, proposals by architects for their replacement abound. Why are these designs so awful? The answer is simple: they lack respect. … Continue reading →

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